Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कामिकं तत्स्मृतं लिंगं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । अघोर वक्त्रं देवस्य तत्रस्थं भैरवं महत्

Transliteration

kāmikaṃ tatsmṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam | aghora vaktraṃ devasya tatrasthaṃ bhairavaṃ mahat

Translation

ลึงค์นั้นระลึกนามว่า “กามิกะ” ผู้ประทานผลแห่งความปรารถนาทั้งปวง ณ ที่นั้นมีภัทราวะผู้ยิ่งใหญ่สถิตอยู่ คือพระพักตร์อฆอระแห่งองค์เทพประทับ ณ สถานนั้น

Word by Word

• कामिकम्: wish-fulfilling / pertaining to desire
• कामिकम्: Karta/Predicate-Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta/Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

• स्मृतम्: is called/remembered as
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Copular-Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘is called/remembered’ (predicate)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (Śiva-emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: granting the fruits of all desires
• सर्वकामफलप्रदम्: Karta/Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां कामानां फलप्रदम्) विशेषण (लिङ्गम्)

• अघोर: Aghora (non-terrible; a form/name)
• अघोर: Karta/Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (वक्त्रम्)

• वक्त्रम्: face/mouth
• वक्त्रम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• तत्रस्थम्: situated there
• तत्रस्थम्: Karta/Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय) + स्थ (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (धातु))
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः ‘तत्र + स्थ’ = ‘there-situated’; विशेषण (वक्त्रम्/भैरवम्)

• भैरवम्: Bhairava
• भैरवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैरव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (वक्त्रम् इत्यस्य विशेष्यरूपेण/समानााधिकरण)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta/Qualifier (कर्ता/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (भैरवम्/वक्त्रम्)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmika Liṅga (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The same addressed interlocutor (priye/varavarṇinī) across the passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Kāmika liṅga stands central; beside/behind it manifests a towering Bhairava—fierce yet protective—signifying the Aghora face of Śiva; devotees offer bilva, lamps, and ghee.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmika Liṅga
• Bhairava
• Aghora

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence is multi-aspected: the Liṅga grants worldly and spiritual aims, while Bhairava (Aghora) signifies protective, transformative power at the site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāmika Liṅga location within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Bhairava is said to dwell.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, Liṅga worship and Aghora-oriented devotion; the verse primarily identifies the deity-form and the promised fruits.